This new proposed charter in the #SemanticWeb #LinkedData space proposes nothing less than a revision to the core of #RDF to enable proper support for #internationalization in strings. w3c.github.io/rdf-dir-litera…

Since so many other specifications depend on #RDF core, the proposed charter suggests two approaches: 1 - either the group updates the basic definition of strings in RDF (known as langString) and thus updates all the dependent specs to reflect that change as needed.

2 - or it starts by developing a new type of strings (e.g. rdf:LocalizableString) that would, overtime, replace the basic string type; this would allow to stage updates to specs and implementations on a longer period

The problem space and the envisioned solutions are described in more details in RDF Literals and Base Directions w3c.github.io/rdf-dir-litera…